Barboursville, West Virginia.
Typical home $212,515 (+3.3% in a year). Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$606 (+119%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $6,759 +3%
- $205,757$212,515 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $55,653 +35%
- $156,862$212,515 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Barboursville$1,115
- West Virginia$927
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.
Typical home values in Barboursville, WV rose 3.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Barboursville, Cabell County, West Virginia
Barboursville is a village of 4,456 people in Cabell County. Half its households earn more than $60,571 a year and half less, against $55,832 across Cabell County; 19% of its people live below the poverty line. 64% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 36% are rented. Unemployment in Cabell County was 3.8% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Barboursville is a village in Cabell County, West Virginia, with a younger population than many small towns and incomes a little above the county's. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and a good number of adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with only modest snowfall, and summers are warm, with plenty of rain through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in professional and business services, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Some of the largest workplaces in the village are stores and services, among them Target, Lowe's of Barboursville and Barboursville Health Partners. The commute is fairly short, and a fair number of people work from home. Across Cabell County, unemployment is lower than it was a year ago, though the county has slightly fewer jobs than before.
Things to do. The Mud River runs in or beside town, and Beech Fork State Park, a protected area for outdoor time, is a short drive away. The Huntington Museum of Art is also a short drive away, as is the Guyandotte River. Anyone willing to go farther can reach Wayne National Forest, a longer drive away.
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- 1,496households
- 34%of adults have a degree
- 19%below the poverty line
- 21 mintypical commute
- 15%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Cabell County had 51,765 jobs in 2025, 0.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 44° and lows near 27°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 67°. About 10 inches of snow and 47 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Pea Ridge Psd weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Barboursville
- TargetDiscount department stores128
- Lowe's Companies, INCHomecenter125
- Macy'sDepartment stores64
- JCPenneyRetail56
- Kohl's50
- Barboursville Health PartnersAssisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities40
- BarboursvilleMail and parcel delivery31
- Necco Inc1Youth guidance organizations23
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 8 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 517 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Barboursville’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Cabell County and the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH metro.
Barboursville home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Barboursville$212,515
- West Virginia$176,576
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Barboursville listings — the market is cooling.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Barboursville29.49%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Barboursville43
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Barboursville11
Zip codes with a Barboursville address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Barboursville — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.